New on
BBC Entertainment in December 2008:
Waking The Dead 7 Premiered: Monday 1 December 2008 at 20h30
The Cold Case team return for another season of deadly cases.
The Head of the Cold Case Unit, Peter Boyd (Trevor Eve) is as ever running things in a highly emotional state, heightened in this series by the demons of his own past returning.
He is ably supported, however, by his team of Grace, Spencer and Stella, while relatively new pathologist Eve (Tara Fitzgerald) has some of her own demons to exorcise as the team deal with war criminals from the Bosnia/Serbia war, a conflict in which she previously worked examining mass war graves.
Other cases featured in this season include a decapitated corpse found near an army barracks, a body from the 1990's identified as a political activist, and a body that seems to have been buried in a ritualistic manner.
That Mitchell And WebbPremiered: Wednesday 3 December 2008 at 20h00
That Mitchell and Webb is a surreal comedy sketch show featuring various irreverent characters, situations and dark truths.
The show was conceived on BBC radio before moving moving to the small screen.
Characters include snooker commentators Ted, Peter and Sir Digby Chicken Caesar; and superheroes Angel Summoner and the BMX Bandit.
Oliver Twist Part 1On: Christmas Eve, 24 December 2008 at 20h00
Part 2 On: Christmas Day, 25 December 2008 at 20h00
A two-part re-telling of Charles Dickens’ classic Oliver Twist. Television writer Sarah Phelps, has adapted the novel for the small screen, maintaining it's original spirit and story.
The cast includes:
William Miller... as Oliver Twist
Timothy Spall... as Fagin
Edward Fox... as Mr Brownlow
Sarah Lancashire... as Mrs Corney
John Sessions... as Mr Sowerberry
Rob Brydon... as Mr Fang
Gregor Fisher... as Mr Bumble
Tom Hardy... as Bill Sikes
Adam Arnold... as The Artful Dodger